"Howdy, I'm Jon," smiled Jon Finkel as he approached the feature match area to play against Shouta Yasooka of Japan. Yasooka beamed back, and introduced himself with a handshake. It was a comparatively lo-fi meeting considering that Finkel is one of the consensus best players ever to have played Magic, and Yasooka is a former Player of the Year himself, known for playing innovative control decks at the very highest level, something he had been doing throughout this Pro Tour.

Finkel was out of cards by the time that Bloodline Keeper came out a second time, and the Hall of Famer still had 11 damage to deal. He attacked Yasooka to 6, knowing that the former Player of the Year would not want to lose his Bloodline Keeper by blocking. While Yasooka had a Wurmcoil Engine to potentially gain back all the life that two Drogskol Captains could deal, a Moorland Haunt spirit at end of turn meant that Finkel had just enough power to be able to race both of Yasooka's powerful rares before they could take control of the game.